Basquiat's defacement: the untold story

Jean-Michel Basquiat painted 'Defacement' (The Death of Michael Stewart) in 1983 to commemorate the death of a young, black artist who died from injuries sustained while in police custody after being arrested for allegedly tagging a New York City subway station. Published to accompany a fo...

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Main Author: Labouvier, Chaédria (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY Guggenheim [2019]
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Summary:Jean-Michel Basquiat painted 'Defacement' (The Death of Michael Stewart) in 1983 to commemorate the death of a young, black artist who died from injuries sustained while in police custody after being arrested for allegedly tagging a New York City subway station. Published to accompany a focused exhibition of Basquiat's response to anti-black racism and police brutality, this catalogue explores a chapter in the artist?s career through both the lens of his identity and the Lower East Side as a nexus of activism in the early 1980s
Item Description:Impressum: Published on the occasion of the exhibition ... Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, June 21-November 6, 2019
Physical Description:153 Seiten Illustrationen
ISBN:9780892075485
0892075481

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